Benefits of Taking Magnesium

Being hypothyroid, I take magnesium to help relieve muscle stress, irregularity and to help me sleep at night. But magnesium has much more health benefits than this. Here are the top benefits of adding extra magnesium to your diet:

• helps increase energy
• calms nerves
• helps you fall asleep, helps with insomnia
• helps relieve constipation (common symptom from hypothyroidism)
• relieves muscles aches and spasms
• regulates calcium, potassium, sodium levels
• important for heart health
• prevents migraine headaches
• helps prevent osteoporosis

The recommended daily dose for women is around 300 mg and 400 mg for men. So if you are already eating high magnesium foods you probably won't need the supplements but I don't always eat the foods on the list below and the extra magnesium helps me out with my thyroid symptoms. 

Here is a list of foods that are high in magnesium. :

• spinach (1 cup - 157 mg)
• swiss chard (1 cup - 150 mg)
• black beans (1 cup - 120 mg)
• mung beans (1 cup - 97 mg
• almonds (1/4 cup - 97 mg
• cashews (1/4 cup - 91 mg)
• potatoes (1 large - 85 mg)
• pumpkin seeds (1/4 cup - 42 mg)
• avocado (1 raw - 39 mg
• bananas (1 whole - 37 mg)
• broccoli (1 cup - 32 mg)
• brussels sprouts (1 cup - 32 mg)

As you can see from the list it wouldn't take much to get your daily dose in from fresh food. But if interested in adding a supplement of magnesium to your daily diet, this is the one that I am currently using and bought this at my local Pure Nature store. 

Always make sure to consult your physician or do some research before taking any supplement. You wouldn't want it to interfere with any medication or other vitamins and supplements you are taking. Best bet is to eat it from your food. Nom nom nom! :)